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UP: POCSO court awards life sentence to five for gang-rape of mother, daughter
He said Additional District Judge (POCSO), Bulandshahr, Om Prakash Verma-III on Saturday held the remaining five accused...
Assam: Trial of all 7 accused in Zubeen Garg death case begins in sessions court
Garg's cousin and suspended Assam Police officer Sandipan Garg has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to ...
Contract killing case: Court extends gangster Subhash Singh Thakur's police custody
A property dispute between local builder Rahul Dubey and Chauhan triggered the contractual killing of the latter, who wa...
Goa nightclub fire: Police remand of Luthra siblings extended by five days
The court has also remanded in judicial custody Ajay Gupta, another owner of the ill-fated club, as the police did not s...
Surat court stays 7-year-old Jain girl’s ‘diksha’ after father moves plea
In April 2024, his wife left home with their two children and started living with her parents, saying she would return o...
Registry will scrutinise urgent cases and list accordingly: CJI to lawyers
The special sitting was arranged on Monday to ensure timely consideration of pressing cases that require immediate judic...
Man sentenced to 10 years RI for posing as cop, raping woman in Navi Mumbai
According to the prosecution, on February 13, 2016, the survivor and her friend visited a lodge in Kurla in neighbouring...
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court reserves order against Sajjan Kumar for Jan 22
The first FIR was over the violence in Janakpuri, where two men, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, were killed...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 68.74 lakh compensation to parents of man killed in 2022 road accident
The tribunal noted the deceased was only about 25 years old at the time of death and was working as a senior analyst in ...
PFI was trying to procure arms from neighbouring countries: NIA counsel to Delhi court
"The case against the PFI and its leadership is that they formed the organisation to radicalise Muslim youth with a view...
Delhi court discharges brother-in-law in cruelty case
It said the magistrate "committed a patent error and manifest illegality" in directing that charge be framed against the...
Coal block case petitioner lawyer ML Sharma passes away
In a landmark judgment, the top court in 2014 declared coal allocation between 1993 and 2009 illegal, arbitrary, non-tra...
Thane court sentences three people to 3 years RI for kidnapping baby
The court acquitted them of charges under section 143 (trafficking), noting that while kidnapping was proven, the "exact...
UP: Five convicted for raping mother-daughter on NH-91 nine years ago
The prosecution filed a chargesheet against six accused, one of whom died during the trial. Special Judge (POCSO Act) Om...
Natural disaster blamed for landslide deaths as J-K court quashes plea against Vaishno Devi board
The court held that for criminal liability under Section 106 of the BNS, there must be proof of a grossly negligent or r...
CM Revanth Reddy appears in court over 2023 case
The case was registered against them at Mattampally police station in Suryapet district based on an allegation of wrongf...
Court acquits MLA Tukaram Kate, 13 others in 16-year-old BMC office ruckus case
The judge said that “there was no specific evidence that any of the visitors caused damage to the property of BMC”....
Court orders framing of attempt to murder charges against two in Delhi CM attack case
The court noted that the victim in this case is the chief minister, an elected representative of the state, but still, t...
Former FilmCity MD Govind Swarup acquitted in 21-year-old corruption case
They also pledged FilmCity corporation's fixed deposits to secure loans and bank guarantees for the private event, there...
Punjab AAP MLA Pathanmajra wanted in rape case declared proclaimed offender
The complainant woman alleged that the MLA misrepresented himself as divorced, entered into a relationship with her and ...
Court grants anticipatory bail to film director Kunju Muhammad in molestation case
The public prosecutor opposed the bail plea, stating that the allegations were serious in nature and that granting antic...
Naqab row: SC Bar Association issues condemnation letter against Bihar CM, two ministers
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) letter said, "Besides infringing on her autonomy, agency and religious freedom,...
Court sentences three to life imprisonment for raping minor in Jharkhand's Godda
According to the FIR lodged in November 2024, the 16-year-old girl was returning home from a fair when two of the convic...
J-K: NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Hizbul Mujahideen chief
The court said the investigating officer has collected sufficient evidence which prima facie implicates Shah in various ...
Hair stylist gets 3 years in jail for sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl
Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar, in her order of December 16, details of which were made available on Saturday, sentenced...
AgustaWestland: Court orders Christian Michel's release from custody in ED case
The AgustaWestland case centres on alleged irregularities and kickbacks paid to former defence ministry officials to sec...
SC imposes Rs 10 cr each fine on 10 dental colleges over violation of BDS admission rules
The court has directed that the fine amounts be deposited with the RSLSA within eight weeks, and that the funds be utili...
RSS man's defamation plea against Rahul Gandhi: Hearing adjourned to Jan 17 over surety formalities
The court deferred the proceedings after noting the need for compliance with procedural requirements related to surety, ...
Delhi court orders framing charges against Cong leader Alka Lamba in police assault case
It also dismissed Lamba's plea seeking discharge, saying the Congress leader also caused danger to life, health and safe...
Village assistant sentenced to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment in corruption case
According to the prosecution, while serving as a village assistant at the Kannur-I Village Office, Siyad made false entr...
UP bank fraud: Cashier gets life term, five others 10 years in Firozabad
Police subsequently filed a chargesheet against cashier Jaiprakash Singh, a resident of Shaktinagar, Praveen Kumar and h...
Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur sent to 14-day judicial custody in defamation case
The prosecution, however, maintained that the matter pertained to a cognisable offence and that judicial remand was perm...
Reality of child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation 'deeply disturbing', says SC
The court said the instant case lays bare the "deeply disturbing" reality of child trafficking and commercial sexual exp...
Former principal, teacher of school for disabled convicted in POCSO case
The offences came to light in 2014 after several students revealed the sexual abuse at the school at a meeting organized...
What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 19th December
7.54 PM The Supreme Court restored the penalty of dismissal from service imposed on a man, who was employed with the ...
UP: Muzaffarnagar man, sister get life imprisonment over 13-year-old girl's rape
Government counsel Vinay Arora told PTI that the 13-year-old girl was raped by Rashid with the help of his sister Shakil...